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Topic: what should i buy with my tax return (Read 5102 times)

i currently have a kit from more beer bottling deluxe is what it was comes with bottling bucket 5 gallon boil pot spoon syphon steeping bags capper and some bottles. But like i mentioned before in my post about all grain im trying to make a switch so what would be some cool things to get with my return. I was thinking about buying a chest freezer and buying a temp controller and turning into a nice temp controlled enviornment or maybe a mash tun

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If you want to spend some of those bucks to help you with an all grain setup the mashtun would be a good first step and then maybe a bigger brewpot so it's less of a hassle to do your boils. Also, with a bigger boil you'd want to think about a wort chiller. Out of those the pot is probably going to be the most expensive.

If you want to spend some of those bucks to help you with an all grain setup the mashtun would be a good first step and then maybe a bigger brewpot so it's less of a hassle to do your boils. Also, with a bigger boil you'd want to think about a wort chiller. Out of those the pot is probably going to be the most expensive.

thanks tygo i have the wort chiller already i was just thinking more a less of healthy fermentation so should i just use denny's setup for building a mash or do you have any sugestions

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Temp control will make the biggest impact and improvement on your beer. Full boil and outdoor burner are probably next. Then all grain. FTR you can make a MT on the cheap - http://hbd.org/cascade/dennybrew/

I agree with you. Whether you brew extract or AG, your beers will improve if you can control their fermentation environment.

What if he's got a basement that holds fairly steady temps already? Granted you're not "controlling" it; but if you're already at suitable temps down there, wouldn't a different purchase be in order, maybe? If he's fermenting next to the couch while watching TV then I would agree; but we don't know his whole process.

What if he's got a basement that holds fairly steady temps already? Granted you're not "controlling" it; but if you're already at suitable temps down there, wouldn't a different purchase be in order, maybe? If he's fermenting next to the couch while watching TV then I would agree; but we don't know his whole process.

And what if he doesn't? Neither of us knows the answer to that. In any case, I still think that fermentation control is the single biggest improvement you can make to beer quality...bigger even that switching to AG. And when you do switch to AG, you already have the temp control covered.